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+
+Starting with Smarty 3.1.21 Composer has been configured to load the packages from github.
+
+*******************************************************************************
+*                                                                             *
+*  NOTE: Because of this change you must clear your local composer cache with *
+*                 the "composer clearcache" command                           *
+*                                                                             *
+*******************************************************************************
+
+To get the latest stable version use
+    "require": {
+        "smarty/smarty": "~3.1"
+    }
+in your composer.json file.
+
+To get the trunk version use
+    "require": {
+        "smarty/smarty": "~3.1@dev"
+    }
+
+The "smarty/smarty" package will start at libs/....   subfolder.
+
+To retrieve the development and documentation folders add
+    "require-dev": {
+        "smarty/smarty-dev": "~3.1@dev"
+    }
+